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W. R. VAN VLIET.

WASH BOARD.

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UNITED rares i VARREN R. VAN VLIET, OF EAST STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASH-BOARD.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 358,707, dated March l, 1887,

Application filed June Q2, 1886. Serial No. 205,891.

.To all whoml t may concern:

Beit known that I, VARREN R. VAN Vuur, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of East Stroudsburg, in the county of Monroe and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vash- Boards; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a front view of my improved Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on line x x, Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a similar view on line y y, Fig. l; and Fig. 5 is aperspective detail view of oneof the casings for the springs of the breast-board, showing portions broken away.

Similar letters of reference indicate corrcsponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to that class of wash-boards in which the corrugated bed is supported upon yielding cushions and in which the metallic and corrugated covering for the bed is removable in strips; and it consists in theimproved construction and combination of parts of such a wash-board., as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letters A A indicate the side pieces of the board, the inner sides of which are formed for a portion of their length with longitudinal grooves or recesses C C, the groove in one side being rendered accessible from the front side of the board by having a removable cleat, D, secured to the forward side of the side piece and forming the forward side of the groove. The upper portions of the side pieces are connected by means of a top piece, E, and by means of a rigid back piece, F, and the lower ends of the side pieces are connected by a cross-rod, G, having its eyed ends II II sliding upon rods I I in recesses J J at the lower portions of the grooves in the side pieces, the eyed ends of the cross-rods bearing against yielding blocks K, secured upon the rods within the recesses to the rear of the eyed ends of the cross-rod.

The rubbing-board L rest-s with its side edges in the grooves of the side pieces, sliding in the same, and the front side of the board is formed with a number' of equidistant transverse grooves, M, into which the inwardlyprojecting side ianges, NN, of metallic strips O fit, the middle portions of the strips being formed with V-shaped longitudinal corrugations l?. A crosspiece, Q, iits with its ends in the upper ends of the grooves and bears with its lower edge against the upper edge of the rubbing-board, the lower end of which bears with its rear side against .the cushioned crossrod, the thickness of the board being considerably less than the width of the grooves in the side pieces, so that the lower end of the board may yield to pressure in the grooves.

Rods R R are pivoted with their lower inwardly-bent ends in the lower end of the rubbing-board at the side edges of the same, and the outwardly-bent ends S S of these rods iit into perforations T T in the inner sides of the upper ends of the side pieces, being secured in the said perforations.

The removable cleat D at the side piece is secured near the lower end upon the rod passing through the recess and at the upper end by means of a screw, U. By removing the screw at the upper end the cleat can be swung around until the corrugated strip can be removed for the purpose of repair, Snc., and again returned to its place.

Ihe top piece ofthe frame is provided with two perforations, V V, and boxes "V lV are secured under these perforations,having smaller perforations, X, in their bottoms registering with the perforations in the top piece. Rods Z Z, upon the under side of a breast-board, A', project through the top piece of the frame, the boxes W IV, and through yielding blocks Y Y in said boxes. These rods are secured in place by the stop-pins B in their lower ends. It will thus be seen that a person may place the board in a tub and place the chest or abdomen against the yielding breast-board, which will thus prevent any undue and inj urious pressure against it, and in rubbing the clothes y against the rubbingboard the said board will yield, rendering the operation easier and more perfect than upon a rigid board.

The metallic strips may be removed and replaced with new strips when worn out or otherwise damaged, so that theframe of the board may be used although the metallic covering IOO becomes worn, and the removable swinging cleat and the longitudinal pivoted rods will retain the strips in position with their iianges resting in the transverse grooves in the face of the board.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesl. In a wash-board, the combination of a frame having longitudinal grooves in the inner sides of the side pieces formedwith recesses near the lower ends and provided with transverse bolts or rods, yielding blocks upon the said bolts or rods, a transverse rod sliding with its eyed ends upon the rods bearing against the forward ends of the blocks, and a rubbingboard having its side edges resting in the grooves, bearing with the lower end against the cross-rod, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. In a wash-board, the combination of a hoard having equidistant transverse grooves, metallic strips having corrugated middles and having side flanges fitting in the grooves, and means for holding the ends of the strips down upon the board, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

3. In a wash-board, the combination of a frame having the inner sides of the side pieces longitudinally grooved, a board having its side edges in the grooves and having a yielding support for its lower end and formed with transverse equidistant grooves, metallic strips having corrugated middle portions and flanges iitting innthe grooves, a cross-piece bearing against the upper end of the board, rods pivoted at their lower ends in the lower end ot' the board near the side edges and having their outwardly-bent upper ends tit-ting in perforations in the inner sides of the side pieees of the frame, and a cleat forming the side of a groove in one of the side pieces and having its lower end pivoted and its upper end detaehably secured, covering the ends of the metallic strips at one edge of the board, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

4. In a wash-board, the combination of a frame having vertical perforations in the top piece provided with boxes having smaller perforations' in their bottoms, yielding blocks in the boxes and projecting outside ot' the perforations in the top piece, and a breast-board having inwardly projecting rods passing through the yielding blocks and through the perforated bottoms of the boxes, and provided with transverse pins, as and for lthe purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto a'liiXed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WARREN R. VAN VLIE'I.

Witnesses:

STEWART S. SHAFER, J. W. DE YOUNG. 

